Re: Any place to get FC4T2 a little early?

[Al Kroeger <owaugly xmission com>]

Chuck R. Anderson wrote:

> On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 05:05:50AM -0600, Al Kroeger wrote:
>  
>
> > Well, that sums up my feelings about it in a nutshell.  I screwed around 
> > with it for a couple of hours, then bagged it!  What's there to test if 
> > I can't even install it?  I'll just wait for fc4t2 and give that a 
> > shot.  Failing that, wait for t3....
> > owa
> >    
>
> If everyone is like you and doesn't file a bug report, it wont get
> fixed ever!  Geez, is it really that hard to download
> development/i386/images/boot.iso and try again the next day?  You have
> a virtual "fc-test-$date" available to you, make use of it.
>
>  
You're right.  I should have at least posted here, and filed a bug 
report.  I was busy, and just bagged it.  Here is some hardware info.  
Following the hw info is a brief narrative of the problem.
cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 6
model           : 7
model name      : AMD Duron(tm) processor
stepping        : 1
cpu MHz         : 1293.991
cache size      : 64 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge 
mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse pni syscall mp mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow
bogomips        : 2547.71
/sbin/lspci
00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8375 [KM266/KL266] Host Bridge
00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8633 [Apollo Pro266 AGP]
00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Live! EMU10k1 (rev 0a)
00:08.1 Input device controller: Creative Labs SB Live! MIDI/Game Port 
(rev 0a)
00:09.0 Serial controller: 5610 56K FaxModem 56K FaxModem Model 5610 
(rev 01)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. 
RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 10)
00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. 
VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT823x/A/C PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
00:11.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 23)
00:11.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82xxxxx UHCI USB 1.1 
Controller (rev 23)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: S3 Inc. VT8375 [ProSavage8 KM266/KL266]
At the wrapup of the install, it hung on "installing boot loader" for 
over 45 minutes.  I reset the computer, and attempted to boot.  After a 
lengthy boot, it came to a 'DOS 6.0-looking' configuration screen, 
configuring monitor, mouse, printer, et al.  I don't know if this is 
normal for a test install.  I just expected the typically neat appearing 
Fedora/RedHat first boot screen. 
At the end of this 'DOS 6.0' looking setup, it continued to boot to 
level 3 or 4 login .... black screen, white letters.... without allowing 
me to name myself as a user.  I couldn't get gnome, xwindows, kde.... 
nothing.  I decided to wait it out, but, after about an hour, I bagged it.
That was with fc4test1.
I'm downloading fc4t2 disc 1 at the moment, and I'll try it tonight or 
tomorrow night.
owa